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This artist's rendering provided by architecture firm NBBJ on May 21, 2013 shows Amazon's plans for a futuristic greenhouse-style headquarters "where employees can work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting." This artist's rendering provided by architecture firm NBBJ on May 21, 2013 shows US online giant Amazon's plans for a ... (more)

In case you doubted that the 21st century as envisioned by past generations' pulp futurists had arrived, check out the biospheres Amazon has proposed to anchor its new Seattle headquarters.

HDR, Inc. was named the "2013 Employer of the Year" by WTS International, an association for the professional advancement of women in transportation.

An airline terminal at Paine Field could materialize soon, at least on paper. A Snohomish County Council panel has given its go-ahead to a $650,000 contract with an engineering firm to design a terminal big enough to handle passengers for 23 commercial flights per day proposed for the county's airport.

NBBJ unveiled plans for Amazon's Seattle Headquarters back in the fall of 2012 - but they just announced plans to add three striking biospheres to the heart of the 3-block downtown campus.

Mayfield Heights will bring URS Corp. back as its engineering services provider for another year at virtually the same cost.

The latest fad for tech companies' new office buildings seems to involve making them as far-out and avant-garde as possible.

Canaccord Genuity currently has a GBX 1,825 target price on the stock. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by BNP Paribas in a research note issued on Monday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC School Resources Officers are a must in New Hanover County Schools, according to a recent security assessment.

The company operates through three divisions, namely, infrastructure and environment; federal services; and energy and construction, through which it offers various services to distinct industries such as transportation, power, industrial infrastructure and process, environmental and nuclear management, facilities, water/waste-water, mining and ... (more)

May 16, 2013 - McGraw Hill Financial's Architectural Record www.ArchitecturalRecord.com has been named one of the 50 best performing business-to-business publications in the United States by BtoB magazine.

"We expect to deliver modest growth in net profit in 2013 reflecting the In Salah rephasing, but remain on target to more than double our 2010 Group earnings by 2015 ," said group chief executive Ayman Asfari.

The City of Columbus, Ohio's water infrastructure is quickly coming to the end of its life expectancy.

The Commonwealth Ports Authority has filed a $1-million lawsuit against two contractors for their work at the Saipan International Airport that were later allegedly found non-compliant with typhoon and earthquake standards.

URS Flint , formerly known as Flint Energy Services Ltd., is a Canada-based company providing upstream and midstream construction and production services.

Mark P. Sarkisian, director of seismic and structural engineering in the San Francisco office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, received an honorary doctor of science degree at Clarkson University's 120th Commencement on May 11.

The New York City Council has approved Cornell University's plans to build a 2-million-square-foot technology campus on Roosevelt Island.

The General Services Administration has shortlisted six planning firms, including two local ones, to help plot out the State Department's planned expansion onto the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery campus in Foggy Bottom.